Email Story

Order! Order! ....but where’s it?

First Name

Enter your Email-ID

Enter your Friend's Email-ID

Order! Order! ....but where’s it?

India Infoline News Service | Mumbai |

India’s biggest failure and the subsequent loss of face before a global audience has been in the area of judiciary. These are all a result of intermittent inordinate delays, political nuisance, cabinet ping pongs and intermittent verdicts. India is believed to be sitting on a pile of over 3.5 crore pending cases. The ‘will’ is missing but we continue to hear the judicial hammer forcibly demanding order in an environment of disorder.

Article saved successfully to my page.You must be Logged in to save article.A+a-0

Open FREE Demat Account and get access to indepth research on 500 stocks

Terms & Conditions

By clicking on submit button, you authorize IIFL & its representatives & agents to provide information about various products, offers and services provided by IIFL through any mode including telephone calls, SMS, letters etc. . you confirm that laws in relation to unsolicited communication referred in “National Do Not Call Registry” as laid down by “Telecom Regulatory Authority of India” will not be applicable for such information/ communication.

The Indian governance, from time to time, has shown legendary lethargy and lack of political will in doing justice to a host of contentious issues facing India. But our biggest failure and the subsequent loss of face before a global audience has been in the area of judiciary.

Whether the umpteen trials against terrorist groups, cases of citizen crimes and murder, pending litigation over business disputes or worse, corruption charges on judges themselves, Indian judiciary has been found guilty of glaring inaction and dismal unaccountability. India is believed to be sitting on a pile of over 3.5 crore pending cases. And there’s great action in needless areas - especially the incessant flow of Public Interest Litigations (PILs) that get filed without rhyme or reason. PILs have become more of a joke than a weapon in the hands of the common man.

From a business and industry perspective alone, the judicial failures have been most detrimental to the prospects of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). The Vodafone and Vedanta cases or the 3G and Commonwealth scams - these are only a few instances of intermittent inordinate delays, political nuisance, cabinet ping pongs and intermittent verdicts. The absence of competent ministerial authorities at the top coupled with an inept bureaucracy has invariably affected the quality of judgment in each of these cases.

Apart from quality, quantity is also an issue. India is believed to have only around 10 judges for a million people in stark contrast to the 150 that United States has for the million of its population. There are glaring vacancies too that India yet fights to fill. Lack of adequate salaries is only one of the reasons why Indian legal system cannot retain the cream of the talent that goes westwards or works for private players in search of greener pastures.

At the grassroots, judicial services are still not accessible and cost-effective to the common man. With lack of direct access, the huge middlemen involvement - the main culprit for rampant disorder and corruption - gets a big boost. The result is for all of us to see.

While the hue and cry over the proposed Lokpal bill continues, the Government of India needs to take immediate positive action to reinstate the common man’s losing faith in the judicial system. While the uphill task is easier said than done, some measures seem only logical like the unprejudiced appointment of judges through neutral bodies, imposing penalties for inordinate judgment delays and the use of technology in case tracking and redressal (taking a cue from the gainful use of technology in making decision on contentious issues in the world of Sport)

It’s only the clichéd question of ‘will’ finding its way. Till such time, we continue to hear the judicial hammer forcibly demanding order in an environment of disorder.

Mutual Funds:

Insurance:

ATTENTION INVESTORS:

www.indiainfoline.com is part of the IIFL Group, a leading financial services player and a diversified NBFC. The site provides comprehensive and real time information on Indian corporates, sectors, financial markets and economy. On the site we feature industry and political leaders, entrepreneurs, and trend setters. The research, personal finance and market tutorial sections are widely followed by students, academia, corporates and investors among others.

Why you need to update your Mobile number ?

Verifying OTP

Verifying OTP

Sign Up

Enter Mobile no.

Enter email id

Password

Confirm Password

I want to create a User ID and have read the terms and conditions for the same. I authorize India Infoline Limited to contact me via email/ Short messaging Service/ Call for the products offered by India Infoline Limited overriding my registry on NDNC/NDND/NCRP.